For me it's between 'George' and Renee's Miata for best handling cars. I
tried to copy Renee's setup first, and then after driving George in Seattle,
I tried to copy him as well. Never seemed do get my Miata to handle that
well :-).
Joe Goeke
Setup Software Developer
ONYX Software Corporation
Direct: (425) 519-4097 Fax: (425) 990-3343
E-mail: joeg@onyx.com Web: http://www.onyx.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin McCormick <ktm@Unify.Com>
To: 'Phil Esra' <pesra@yahoo.com>; autox@autox.team.net
<autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 10:42 AM
Subject: RE: C Stock in 2000
>Hi Phil and all,
>
>Back when Jesse Wills had a '92 or '93 Miata, I co-drove with him at an
>event. Compared to my '95 R, it felt much lighter and more nimble. Less
>skittish? Not really - Jesse had it setup quite nicely. It had less
torque
>for sure, but did have the lower final drive. Now, the silly-putty viscous
>diff is a different issue!
>
>I've drive both Josh Sirota's and Andy McKee's MR2's - they do feel less
>balanced but once you learned to use the throttle to balance the car it was
>very fun - amazing what 2.2 liters of torque will do out of a turn. I
>haven't tried Andy's since the sway bar mods, so it should be even more
>balanced.
>
>Basically, it comes down to setup. As we're slowly figuring out with the
>'99 Miata!
>
>Kevin 'oh to be a lemming again!' McCormick
>
>P.S. - I still remember driving Michael Butler's '90 Miata - I've yet to
>drive a car that handled as well as it.
>
>
>> ---Smokerbros@aol.com wrote:
>> >
>> > "Phil of Many Questions" Esra
>>
>> Oy, so much to learn... careful, or I'll slap a big .sig file on and
>> really go to town :)
>>
>>
>> > I'm betting on the MR-2 being easier to drive at the limit. But,
>> then you
>> > KNEW that!!!
>>
>> Hey, like they say, car sluts can't be choosers. How do I know you
>> just couldn't find some poor sap with a 1.6 Miata? :)
>>
>> >I've spun Lucy the Miata several times, and in each case we just shot
>> > off the course backwards. I find Miatae and I do not talk to one
>> >another well.
>>
>> Hmm. Yes, but Lucy is a different breed, from the more high strung,
>> 1.8 "R" gene pool. I imagine the softer 1.6 is less skittish?
>>
>> >CHD
>>
>> PEE
>>
>>
>>
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